Wandy’s the man (w/audio)

Wandy Rodriguez knows most of you guys and gals dread the possibility of seeing him in the starting rotation again.

But in the most impressive spring outing for an Astros starter this year, the Dominican lefthander known as “Señor English” toyed with the Washington Nationals.

He threw two scoreless innings while walking one and striking out two. In other words, he’s not conceding anything. He’s ready to quiet his very loud critics.

Cesar Cedeno, whom Brian McTaggart rates as the fifth best position player in Astros franchise history, was in attendance today at Osceola County Stadium.

He is serving as a special instructor this year with the Washington Nationals, who are managed by former Astros minor-league manager Manny Acta.

Travis Morin, the Astros’ new media relations manager, rounded up several Astros today for an autograph session for the very important Give Kids the World organization. Roy Oswalt, Dan Wheeler, Luke Scott, Orlando Palmeiro, Hunter Pence, Troy Patton, Fernando Nieve, bench coach Cecil Cooper, Eric Bruntlett and Woody Williams participated in a meet-and-greet for children with special needs.

On Monday, the Astros’ will play host to about 300 local school children for the National Education Association’s Read Across America. Later that afternoon, Chris Sampson and his wife Heather will visit the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. Later in the evening, Morin will recruit another Astros star to visit Give Kids the World facility.

On Tuesday, the Astros will visit Hickory Tree Elementary in nearby St. Cloud.

It’s time to tell the beat writer what to do. Astros general manager Tim Purpura has been kind enough to do a Q&A with chron.com.

Send us some of the questions you want us to ask him. We’ll post the answers on Tuesday or Wednesday.

We’ll try to pick the 10 best questions and send them to him. Please be respectful. We won’t pick any disrespectful questions. You can ask tough questions, and even silly ones.

Here’s another question for you: Why are fans so down on Señor English?

Do you agree with Brian’s claim that Cedeno is among the top five position players in Astros history?